Pittsfield Public Library

Adult Seminar Series: HealthySV Presents Prescription Drug Safety
2024-04-10 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Jessica Ouellette will cover prescription drug safety, including safely storing prescription medications as well as disposing of unused/unneeded prescription medications. This presentation includes necessary supplies to keep prescription drugs safely at home.

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night (18+)
2024-05-01 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a great group of folks for fun with contemporary (European style) board games! We meet from six to eight (or later), and welcome players new and old. Bring a favorite game to teach or come ready to learn a new one. Adults 18+ only for this meeting – our next family game night is 5/29.

Team Trivia with Mr. Wes
2024-05-04 13:00 - 14:00
Come play team trivia with Mr. Wes! We will form teams and answer questions for all ages – come show your “smarts!”

Fiber Friends Group
2024-05-06 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-20 13:00 - 15:00
Join the Fiber Friends, a great group who enjoy all things fiber arts! Whether you’re a knitter, spinner, crocheter, felter, weaver or something entirely other, you’re welcome to come work and chat on Mondays.

Adult Seminar Series: Pathways to Living Well with HealthySV
2024-05-08 11:00 - 12:30
Melissa Parsons of HealthySV joins us to talk about a number of classes potentially available to library patrons : Living Well with Chronic Pain, Living Well with Diabetes, Living Well for Better Health, and A Matter of Balance. She’ll talk about what is involved in forming a class to be held here at the library, what each class covers, and who might benefit from each class. This event is free and open to the public.

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night (18+)
2024-05-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-15 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a fun group of people to play contemporary (European style) board games! Adults 18+ only tonight. Recent games have included Sagrada, Wingspan, Sushi Go Party and Alice’s Garden. Bring a game to share or come prepared to learn a new one!

Library Book Club
2024-05-09 13:00 - 14:00
Come join a group of spirited readers for a lively discussion of a new book each month! This month the group is reading A Star for Mrs. Blake, a novel exploring how in “The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women.
They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, altered in indelible ways. These very different Gold Star Mothers travel to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery to say final good-byes to their sons and come together along the way to face the unexpected: a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.”

For more information about the book club, please contact Donna Laux at laux2@roadrunner.com.

"Coffeehouse" Open Mike with Mr. Wes
2024-05-11 13:00 - 15:00
Do you play music? Tell a couple of jokes? Stop by to strut your stuff!

An Evening with Maine Writer Matt Cost
2024-05-16 18:00 - 19:00
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present at evening with local Maine author Matt Cost. Matt is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of the Mainely Mystery series. The first book, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. This was followed by Mainely Fear, Mainely Money, Mainely Angst, and Mainely Wicked. His Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Mysteries include Wolfe Trap, Mind Trap, Mouse Trap, and Cosmic Trap, and now, Pirate Trap.
Cost’s love of histories and mysteries is combined in the novel, Velma Gone Awry, book one in his new series featuring private eye, 8 Ballo, set in 1920’s Brooklyn. The second book, City Gone Askew, will publish in August of 2024.
Matt will share the process of writing a book and how books evolve by discussing Pirate Trap, which is set here in Maine. Expect a lively session!

Cost lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.

Music Appreciation with Mr. Wes
2024-05-18 13:00 - 14:30
Bring in your favorite song(s) to share with others – Mr. Wes will, too! Music speaks truth to our souls…

Happy 120th Birthday to the Library!
2024-05-21 14:00 - 16:00
Come enjoy cake and conversation as we celebrate the Pittsfield Public Library’s birthday – we turn 120 on May 19! We’ll have activities all month to celebrate our milestone.

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night (18+)
2024-05-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-05 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a fun group of people to play contemporary (European style) board games! Adults 18+ only tonight. Recent games have included Sagrada, Wingspan, Sushi Go Party and Business Walrus. Bring a game to share or come prepared to learn a new one!

Meet Neeps the Tortoise! Diane Madden reads her book Neeps and Tattie
2024-05-23 15:30 - 16:30
For World Turtle Day, Diane Madden will read her story about two rescued tortoises living on the shores of Loch Ness. Come meet Diane’s pet tortoise! The author will have copies of her book available for sale/signing. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn more about turtles and tortoises.

FAMILY Contemporary Board Game Night
2024-05-29 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a great group of folks for fun with contemporary (European style) board games! We meet from six to eight (or later), and welcome players new and old. Bring a favorite game to teach or come ready to learn a new one. Children 12 and older are welcome one night a month – this month’s Family Night is May 29.

LEGO Playtime with Mr. Wes
2024-06-08 13:00 - 14:00
Come check out the library’s LEGO collection and build a masterpiece!

Adult Seminar Series: Come Help Found a Walking Club!
2024-06-12 11:00 - 12:30
Join your librarians and other interested parties to help plan a community walking club. Pittsfield is full of beautiful places to walk – let’s get out and enjoy them! We’ll talk about timing and routes, as well as discuss appropriate footwear, clothing, and balance aids.

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night (18+)
2024-06-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-06-19 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a fun group of people to play contemporary (European style) board games! Adults 18+ only tonight. Recent games have included Sagrada, Wingspan, Sushi Go Party and Wingspan. Bring a game to share or come prepared to learn a new one!

An Evening with Maine Writer Tim O'Brien
2024-06-13 18:00 - 20:00
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present an evening presentation by Tim O’Brien, author of The Maine Roadshow, a “lavishly illustrated [book] with nearly 450 photos, all taken by the author, during a five-year, thousands-of-mile journey exploring and documenting all corners of the state.”
A captivating speaker, Tim will regale the audience with a photo tour of some of his favorite Maine places, especially those local to our area! Come enjoy an evening exploring some of the little known and fascinating facets of our state. Tim’s books will be available for sale and signing during the event.

In his own words, “Tim O’Brien has worked in the communications side of the entertainment industry chronicling the latest and greatest that theme parks, amusement parks and attractions, roadside attractions, circuses, carnivals and sideshows have to offer. An industry specialist and award winning photojournalist, Tim has had more than 5,000 articles and more than 3,000 photos published. He has visited more than 500 amusement parks and attractions in 29 countries and has ridden nearly 600 different roller coasters…
For 10 years, Tim served as the national corporate spokesperson for Ripley Entertainment Inc. and had the privilege of showing off the company’s 90-plus attractions throughout the world. During that time, he served as editor of the venerable Ripley’s Believe It or Not! cartoon, and was producer and co-host of the Ripley Radio weekly broadcast creating more than 200 episodes over a five year period. Today he proudly holds the emeritus title of “Ambassador of Odd” with Ripley’s Believe It or Not!…
​When not traveling, he splits his time between Nashville, Tennessee and Belgrade, Maine with his wife, Kathleen and their two cats, Simon and Garfunkel.”

Fix-a-Bike Bicycle Repair Class with Bicycle Coalition of ME
2024-06-15 13:00 - 15:00
Are you ready to learn how to keep your bike in top condition? Register to take this free, two hour course sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. Children 8+ are welcome with an adult. Bring your bicycle and a helmet! Spaces are limited, so send us an email to circulation@pittsfieldpubliclibrary.org to reserve your spot! Please include your name, a contact phone number, and the number of individuals registering in the body of the email.

LEGO Play Time with Mr. Wes
2024-06-22 13:00 - 14:00

Family Contemporary Board Game Night (12+)
2024-06-26 18:00 - 20:00
Come join a fun group of people to play contemporary (European style) board games! Everyone 12 and older is welcome tonight. Recent games have included Sagrada, Wingspan, Sushi Go Party and Wingspan. Bring a game to share or come prepared to learn a new one!

Learn a Magic Trick with Mr. Wes!
2024-06-29 13:00 - 14:00
Knowing a few magic tricks is a great way to break the ice or start a conversation! Come learn from our resident magician, Mr. Wes! All ages welcome.

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night
2024-07-03 18:00 - 20:00
Come join us for an evening playing European-style contemporary board games! 18+ are welcome – bring a favorite or come prepared to learn a new game. Recent games have included Wingspan, Sagrada, Photosynthesis, Mantis, Century Spice Road and more.

LIBRARY CLOSED - Independence Day
2024-07-04 - 2024-07-05
The library will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day. The library will reopen at 10AM on Monday, July 8.
The library is closed on Saturdays in July and August. The library will reopen Saturdays on September 7.

Come Learn About Backyard Birds and Birdwatching from Maine Audubon
2024-07-09 18:00 - 19:00
Please join us for an evening learning all about Maine’s backyard birds – how to identify them, attract them, and enjoy them! Audubon staff will cover visual and auditory identification of the birds that call Maine backyards home, as well as discuss how to make your yard a welcoming haven for our feathered friends. They’ll discuss feeders, landscaping and avoiding bird strikes, as well as answer any questions you may have. Families are welcome – this program is free and open to the public.
